Linedrives are the best -- .690 baseline BABIP according that that source. Flyballs have .218 baseline BABIP. Speed shouldn't have much of an effect on these so I'm not adjusting them, other than accounting for infield flyballs which are guaranteed outs.

I'm going to calculate the expected BABIP for DeShields based on the above data. The expected BABIP will equal the summation of the following:

I haven't even gotten into directional placement of grounders, so it could be true that DeShields is even better than these projections I just calculated.

Regardless, league averages: .252 average, .314 OBP. DeShields is proving to be roughly a league average hitter by expected batting average, and clearly above average hitter if you're looking at expected OBP.